PATH

100 of Central Florida's most influential people weigh in on current events. Read their thoughts on the biggest stories of the week and see what they think will make headlines next week.

Dick Batchelor, president, Dick Batchelor Management Group

TRIM LOBBYISTS’ TAILS. Last week: Speaker Richard Corcoran should be complimented for his new set of House rules to curtail the influence of lobbyists. However, if the House and Senate leadership really wants to curtail the inordinate influence of the lobby corps, it can do more: Disallow incumbents from announcing for re-election and raising money until June of the filing year. Next, prohibit House and...

Related "PATH" Articles

100 of Central Florida's most influential people weigh in on current events. Read their thoughts on the biggest stories of the week and see what they think will make headlines next week.
Dick Batchelor, president, Dick Batchelor...

100 of Central Florida's most influential people weigh in on current events. Read their thoughts on the biggest stories of the week and see what they think will make headlines next week.
Robert Agrusa, executive director of BusinessForce
...

100 of Central Florida's most influential people weigh in on current events. Read their thoughts on the biggest stories of the week and see what they think will make headlines next week.
Andrae Bailey, president/CEO, Central Florida...

100 of Central Florida's most influential people weigh in on current events. Read their thoughts on the biggest stories of the week and see what they think will make headlines next week.
Andrae Bailey, president/CEO, Central Florida...

Advocates for housing Central Florida's homeless already have won over local business leaders, politicians and the faith community. But now they're facing what may be the biggest hurdle yet.
Landlords.
"We need the hearts and minds of property...

The University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development has been awarded a $36.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to promote vaccines for typhoid fever, which kills a quarter million people a year worldwide....

No government shutdown this year, Republican congressional leaders say. But with Congress, it's never easy. A band of conservatives say they won't back legislation financing government agencies unless the bill blocks federal payments to Planned...

Get Your Tail on the Trail Program wins national recognitionGet Your Tail on the Trail, the community-based initiative geared to promoting outdoor fitness activities in a family fun environment, recently was recognized by American Trails, the...

Dear Liz: I have a business credit card that offers cash rebates. It has an interest rate of 15.24% on purchases and 25.24% on cash advances. I carry balances in each category. Each month the issuer posts my entire payment to my lower-interest purchases...